Health ministers united in calling for federal funding certainty despite extension

Provincial and territorial health ministers are still pushing for clarity on federal funding despite a one-year extension on some programs, Manitoba Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said Thursday.Speaking as host of the meeting of ministers in Winnipeg, Asagwara said federal confirmation of the extension is a first step but nothing more.“We are unified in stating very clearly that we need to go much further than that,” they said.“We have been asking very consistently for full clarity on all of the bilateral agreements and the Canada Health Transfer, and we remain unified in that ask.”..Read More

Lawyers’ Rights Watch asks Canada to protect International Criminal Court

Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) encouraged the federal government to take urgent and concrete steps to safeguard the International Criminal Court (ICC) amid the US administration’s sanctions issued last Oct. 9, in line with US President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14203 dated Feb. 7, 2025.n an Oct. 14 letter written by LRWC co-chairs Joey Doyle and Heather Neun and United Nations (UN) main representative Catherine Morris, LRWC condemned the steps depriving the ICC of US-based financial, technical, and other services and giving US organizations and individuals six months to wind down and cease their contracts and other activities with the ICC. ..Read More

McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP, Merchant Law Group, and Siskinds Desmeules Announce the Settlement of Yasmin and YAZ Class Action Litigation

McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP, Merchant Law Group, and Siskinds Desmeules announce that a Canada-wide settlement ("Settlement") has been reached with Bayer Inc. and other Bayer defendants (collectively "Bayer") in class actions in Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Québec relating to the oral contraceptives Yasmin and YAZ. The class actions raised various allegations relating to blood clots (arterial thromboembolism, venous thromboembolism) and gallbladder disease and removal. Bayer denies the allegations made in the class actions, makes no admission as to the truth of these allegations, and denies any wrongdoing...Read More

Canadian Lawyer unveils Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers for 2026

Canadian Lawyer has revealed this year’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers, with the winners including a lawyer who himself funded a disability rights program instead of waiting for a grant and a litigator who pushed for a coroner’s review to become provincial legislation

. The roster for 2026 included legal professionals who strove to establish new departments, new compensation models, new legislation, and new technology, with adoption of artificial intelligence more than doubling in the past 12 months...Read More

How much does a Medical Malpractice Attorney make in Ontario?

As of Aug 22, 2026, the average annual pay for a Medical Malpractice Attorney in Ontario is $125,324 a year.

Just in case you need a simple salary calculator, that works out to be approximately $60.25 an hour. This is the equivalent of $2,410/week or $10,443/month.

While ZipRecruiter is seeing salaries as high as $189,500 and as low as $41,000, the majority of Medical Malpractice Attorney salaries currently range between $107,000 (25th percentile) to $145,500 (75th percentile) with top earners (90th percentile) making $170,000 annually in Ontario. The average pay range for a Medical Malpractice Attorney varies greatly (by as much as 38500), which suggests there may be many opportunities for advancement and increased pay based on skill level, location and years of experience.

Ontario ranks number 50 out of 50 states nationwide for Medical Malpractice Attorney salaries.

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